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Sealed off winter games: The “closed loop” system explained

By Published February 4, 2022

China has vowed to host a safe Winter Olympic Games. The 16-day sporting event from February 4, 2022, is the world’s second “pandemic Games” after the Tokyo Summer Olympics in 2021. It is being hosted as the world still battles surging Covid-19 cases, deaths and newer variants like Omicron. China is the last country to pursue a zero-Covid policy and has taken aggressive measures to control outbreaks. Games organisers are enforcing strict measures in a closed loop system, creating what’s meant to be a virus-free bubble that separates athletes and other participants from the community at large.

Positive cases in the Olympics (updated daily)

Creative Director Adolfo Arranz
Edited by Andrew London
Research by Han Huang
Additional web development Han Huang and Dennis Wong

Sources: Official Website of Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, sportnews.cn, Xinhua News Agency, China Global Television Network

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